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1863 in India
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1863
Events in the year 1863 in India.
Incumbents
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy (till 20 November)Office Great Britain India The India List and India Office List for ... 1819 Harrison and Sons 116 https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA116 en
Sir Robert Napier, acting Viceroy (21 November – 2 December)
Sir William Denison, acting Viceroy (from 2 December)
Events
20 November - James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, the Viceroy of India died due to Cardiac arrest on his journey from Simla to Dharamshala.
Dates unknown
Syed Ahmad Khan set up Victoria School at Ghazipur, precursor to Aligarh Movement
Law
Religious Endowments Act
India Stock Certificate Act (British statute)
Colonial Letters Patent Act (British statute)
Births
12 January – Swami Vivekananda, chief disciple of Ramakrishna and founder of Ramakrishna Mission (died 1902).Paranjape Makarand R. Swami Vivekananda: A Contemporary Reader 2015 Routledge 9781317446378 45 https://books.google.com/books?id=dkXeCQAAQBAJ&pg=PR45 en
13 July – Margaret Murray, Anglo-Indian Egyptologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist (died 1963 in the United Kingdom)Ogilvie Marilyn Bailey Harvey Joy Dorothy Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie Joy Harvey The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z 2000 Taylor & Francis 9780415920407 926 https://books.google.com/books?id=LTSYePZvSXYC&pg=PA926 en
28 August – Mahatma Ayyankali, was a social reformer who worked for the advancement of those people in the then princely state of Travancore, British India, who were treated as untouchables (died 1941).
India
References
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Category:Years of the 19th century in India